Droit Du Seigneur was a legend about the medieval era where lords could deflower all the betrothed virgins in their realm as an aspect of good luck. There is no proof that this practice occurred in Europe and it seems to be propaganda made during the French Revolution in order to discredit the monarchy. Similar types of nobility abuses where the right of ravaging where the lords could devastate the fields and crops of their own domain, and the right of lounging where a lord could legally disembowel a serf and warm his or her feet in their entrails.
What if these legends were true? Would that mean bastards would be more respected in medieval Europe? Could this lead to polygamy in Europe? Would all of these manorial abuses lead to earlier democratic revolutions?
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Welcome to another edition of "Shouting into the Void: Knicks Edition"!! Knicks and Kings with the Friday Night Special, and this is lowkey my favorite type of game: two midtier teams that play hard and are evenly matched. Wouldn't you rather see that than a "duel" between name-brand "stars" that make a habit of not trying to shoot and flailing into guys instead? And feel they have the right to openly fume, pout, or sulk at their teammates? Give me fun mediocre teams all day. F**** tanking.
This matchup in particular is a streamer's delight. The broadcast is guaranteed gold either way, you've got Mark Jones and Doug Christie vs. Kenny Albert (would be Breen but he does ESPN on Friday nights) and Clyde Frazier the style god. Mark Jones guaranteed to deliver a soul food or hip hop reference in the most calculated fashion, while Kenny Albert has a nice bark and does nothing interesting to stand out, a stone cold pro who blends into the background like the play by play men of old. Doug Christie is pretty good for an ex player, authentically down with the locker room but restrained too. He wears bow ties and 3 piece suits on the broadcast, make of that what you will. Clyde Frazier is in his own league as a color man, the epitome of style and grace. I'm not biased, ask anybody.
The 2020-2021 Kings allow the most points in the league and are on pace for most in NBA history. Defensive rating has them last too. Their offense is 10th best. It makes perfect sense that their record is 5-10.
The Kings coaching staff is actually loaded with talent: ex-star players Bobby Jackson and Stacey Augmon, 17 year head coach Alvin Gentry and legendary league lifer Rex Kalamian who's been an assistant since 1996, and offseason Youtube god Rico Hines. Oh yeah and Luke Walton in the big chair. Basketball Reference says his nickname is "Little Wheats", and he was a good role player back in the day
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Anyway, this game started with a 5 minute delay after the first play, thoroughly killing the vibe. Harrison Barnes tried to regain the energy by dunking on someone egregiously and got nothing but back rim, love to see it. This quarter was slow and boring until the first round of subs. The Knicks needed a spark from the bench and got it, sparking an 13-2 run to end the first quarter after a slow start on this second night of a back to back. Julius Randle scored 12 and RJ Barrett had 8 in the first quarter.
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A random thought that came to me as I was looking up the right of first night, where local lords supposedly could claim a woman first on her wedding night. I was wondering, is there anything really to stop a feudal lord from just having his way with the wives of his subjects? Not just on her wedding night, but whenever he felt? Was there any real tangible repercussions for it or no?
I'm aware that the whole the lord's rights to take any women or virgins is entirely a myth that's never a thing in the medieval age, but what about other culture like the Roman Empire? Because this concept stretch all the way back to The Epic of Gilgamesh on how Gilgamesh was criticized for this, so that got me curious.
(Édith : partez pas en peur avec mon intro, j'ironise sur fond de catho-laïcité!)
Comme le dimanche à l'église fait parti de la tradition, de la « culture québécoise » acceptable, je me donne le défi d'essayer d'en faire un petit rendez-vous thématique! On verra si je m'en souviens la semaine prochaine, et la réponse des gens, pour plus qu'une édition mais bon, voilà. Vous v'la à sur le perron de l'église ma gang de nés pour un p'tit pain ! On va pas jaser de religion par contre, j'ai pas envie de foutre la marde un dimanche, mais on va essayer de rester dans le spirituel, l'intériorité.
La question du jour: quel est votre rapport à la mort ? J'ai envie de vous entendre parler de pas mal tout à ce sujet, tant que vous êtes à l'aise de le faire...
Voici quand même quelques pistes de réflexion si vous cherchez quoi répondre : quel à votre premier contact avec la mort ? Comment votre famille approchait le sujet quand vous étiez enfants ? Est-ce que la mort vous fait peur, ou vous laisse indifférent? Est-ce que la pandémie à changer quelque chose à ce sujet pour vous ? Sans être forcément religieux, est-ce que vous avez des croyances qui vous aide à vivre avec le fait de disparaître un jour ? Etc.
Toutes les rues d'un des quartiers de la ville néerlandaise de Geldrop portent le nom de personnages de la saga emblématique.
Une envie de vivre rue Frodo ou même rue Aragorn ? Cette ville est faite pour vous !
Si vous regardez bien le plan de la ville, vous remarquerez que les noms correspondant à la même race sont réunis.
Sources :
https://hitek.fr/actualite/ville-pays-bas-noms-rues-seigneur-anneaux_1757
https://preview.redd.it/13agmdseb5381.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=a4ca57b48074aff9390c04fca07b76570c8e6f50
Petit parallèle entre le Bitcoin et le Seigneur des anneaux : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHazjmkhe1Y
